Cem Gelinoğlu

Cem Gelinoğlu — Biography

Cem Gelinoğlu is an actor and screenwriter who stars in comedies he writes himself; the work that made his name was the Ali Kundilli film series, which he wrote and starred in. One of the performers who moved from social media to cinema, he has been active on both television and the big screen in recent years, and shares the lead with Doğu Demirkol and Güven Kıraç in Kardeşler Araştırma, released in March 2026.

He was born in Düzce and attended middle and high school there. He first built a large following quickly through videos on Vine and Instagram, and came to cinema on the back of that popularity. He made his breakthrough in 2015 with Ali Kundilli, which he wrote and starred in, and the following year he was again writer and lead of the sequel, Ali Kundilli 2. In Şansımı Seveyim, released on 25 August 2017, he took the lead.

In the second phase of his career the Aykut Enişte series came to the fore: he co-wrote the first film, released on 24 May 2019, with Giray Altınok and played the character Aykut; the film was well received. The sequel, Aykut Enişte 2, reached cinemas on 3 December 2021, with a script again by him. On television in 2023 he played Taşkın in Bursa'nın Bülbülü and Doğan Saka in the series Kısmet. He has also appeared in an Etstur commercial.